Guam EHDI

The Guam EHDI Project is 100% federally funded and was established in 2002 through a federal grant awarded to the University of Guam Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, & Service (Guam CEDDERS) by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establi... sh Guams Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Program. In 2002, Guam CEDDERS also applied for and received funding through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish an integrated data tracking and surveillance system to support the Guam EHDI Project. Guam received training and technical assistance from the University of Maine to develop the data system, known as Guam ChildLink EHDI. Over the course of the Projects 15 years of operation, Guam EHDI has conducted newborn hearing screening for over 43,000 babies born, referred 513 babies for early intervention services, and identified 110 babies with a hearing loss. Currently, approximately 99% of Guams newborns are screened at the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, Guam Regional Medical City, and the Sagua Mañgu Birthing Center. Universal newborn hearing screening is mandated by Guam Public Law 27-150. relationships among Guam EHDI resources to operate Guam ChildLink EHDI, the activities we plan to do, and the results we hope to achieve. The inputs are the resources that go into Guam EHDI in order to achieve the activities successfully. The activities are the actual events or actions that take place as a part of Guam ChildLink EHDI. The outputs are the direct products of program activities or immediate measures of what the program did. And the outcomes are the results of program operations or activities and the effects triggered by the program.Read More